The folks over in Europe watch their 720p at 50fps, which is awfully close, but would still require pull-down for material shot at 48fps.
I wouldn't expect any new home video standard formats any time soon. I think for viewers to see The Hobbit in their home theaters at 48fps, it would require them releasing the movie as a digital file (still a long way off) and for there to be both a file wrapper and playback software capable of handling new frame rates.
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No home video formats support 48fps, though TVs do.
"Both blu-ray and ATSC do not support 48 fps at any resolution. Both do, however, support 60 fps at 720p."
http://sayspy.blogspot.com/2011/04/framerates-for-movies-and...
Does anyone know if there is newer information or standards planned?
The folks over in Europe watch their 720p at 50fps, which is awfully close, but would still require pull-down for material shot at 48fps.
I wouldn't expect any new home video standard formats any time soon. I think for viewers to see The Hobbit in their home theaters at 48fps, it would require them releasing the movie as a digital file (still a long way off) and for there to be both a file wrapper and playback software capable of handling new frame rates.